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Day 3 and 4: Il Ngwesi Community Lodge and Leww Downs Conservancy

You will leave for Il Ngwesi lodge in the morning and arrive in time for Lunch, Il ngwesi means ‘people of the wildlife’. This is a pioneering and award winning community-owned and run lodge in the Laikipia region of Kenya. There is a good swimming pool and lounge area, and a waterhole giving you a chance to get closer to the wildlife. Since this is a ‘Big Five’ area, the wildlife viewing can be excellent. There will be a bush dinner, cultural activities, and a late evening or night game drive.

The next day you depart early for a whole day game drive within the neighbouring and magnificent Lewa Downs Conservancy. You will have your mid morning Breakfast in one of the rock out-crops. Lewa has a wide range of wildlife including some of the endangered species, such as the Grevy’s Zebra, black rhino. (2 nights)